On The Road Again

In 1968 a rock group named Canned Heat released a song titled “On the Road Again.” I remember the song well. It has a riff with a harmonica that has echoed in my mind for over 50 years. The riff is playing in my mind even now as I write this. I didn’t realize in back in 1968. But “On the Road Again” has become a theme song for Pam and me as we have followed God’s leading through the years.

Today is moving day for us. Again. (I’m smiling.) Last week, we sold the home we purchased 2½  years ago in Costa Rica in order to downsize into a small (but beautiful) apartment. The apartment will be our home base as we continue to serve English Christian Fellowship.

Pam has, once again, packed us up. This will be our twentieth home as we have journeyed around the globe serving Jesus. We take possession of the apartment this afternoon.  We will move the kitchen and our clothes today and the movers will take our furniture to the apartment tomorrow. On the road again.

Eventually, we want to establish a residence near our daughter, Christina, in the Santa Rosa, CA area. The tug to be involved more closely with our nine grandkids has escalated in the years we’ve been in Costa Rica.  So, Pam and I are embarking on another grand adventure.

We are going to have a home base in Santa Rosa, CA while continuing to serve faithfully with ECF. On the road again.

It's an experiment. We don’t have all the details dialed in. But ECF’s Council is super excited for us to give it a go. So, here we go!

For context, in 2024 Pam will make seven trips to the US to visit family. In fact, Pam is getting on a plane again Wednesday morning to see one of our kids. We’ve come to embrace that travel back to the USA is part and parcel of our calling to serve in Costa Rica. On the road again.

But the new wrinkle is that we will now have a home base in both countries. A small apartment in Costa Rica and a home in NorCal. Our hope and goal is that it will allow us to have a bit more access to our rapidly growing grandkids and, yet, still actively lead and serve ECF.

By the way, ECF is ROCKING! Our two services are going smoothly and the ministry is progressing on all fronts. We are incredibly thankful to God!

So, please pray for us this week. Our goal is to move and get settled in the next 48 hours so that Pam can board a plane early Wednesday morning to visit one of our kids. On the road again.